Description
91, Lot: 124. IONIA, Ephesus. Imperial Period. Æ 
16mm [Tessera] (2.78 gm). Estimate $150. Sold 
for $101. 

IONIA, Ephesus. Imperial Period. Æ 16mm 
[Tessera] (2.78 gm). Stag kneeling left, head 
reverted; CKwPI in exergue / KHRILIC wDE PROC 
PALVPIN, bee. BMC Ionia pg, 70, 186; Barclay 
Head, "Ephesian Tesserae," NumChron 1908, 
281-286; SNG Copenhagen 355; SNG von Aulock 
1875. VF, black-green patina. 

The obverse legend 
may refer to the Greek verb skopew, or "look", 
an allusion to the "evil eye" against which many 
of these objects were intended. The reverse 
legend can best be translated as "This, as a 
coating toward the disease," with PALVPIN being 
a corruption of palurion, some type of disease.